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I'm using 13, and discovered that as well after my initial post. Also found references to the fact that return to menu only works when you import separate PROJECTS, rather than rendered videos or projects with chapter markers into the DVD setup. Not a one step effort, but not a particularly onerous one either.
Thank you for your input.
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Is that the correct link provided above? Seems to be this same page.
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I'll keep at it. Overall, I find this program excellent on the production end Just miss the smooth integration of DVD chapter configuration/burning that was a hallmark of Apple's aging and no longer supported IDVD app. Magic movie was phenomenal in its simplicity. Maybe in future versions.
Thank you for your input.
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I'm running a brand new, high-end 64-bit quad unit with 12gb of ram, so there's no way the unit is underpowered. Simply changed text of pre-configured titles and replaced the default static background with an animated one, but that's it. Will continue testing, but if the latter change is creating the problem, that's pretty limiting. There's actually no problem with the preview window.
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Went ahead and burned my first project disk quite successfully. Surprisingly though, those DVD page nav buttons that show up in putrid green in preview windows DON'T HIGHLIGHT AT ALL on hover or selection when the finished product is burned. That's fine if one is selecting with a mouse, but NO HELP AT ALL if you're using a remote control. I have to count clicks left and right in order to select things. If there is something there, the buttons are so small that one can't detect a change. If they can't change color when selected, can't you add a pop-up box around them so one has a clue where they are and what they're about to press?
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This FINALLY cleared up a very frustrating mystery for me. Would STRONGLY suggest that some kind of appropriate notation on this be incorporated into the programs prompt and help text to save others from time-wasting annoyance. Of course, an enhancement that would permit chapter markers to dictate the desired DVD return would be the ultimate fix. Your chapter set-up function is VERY well thought out, bu I have older software from other manufacturers that could incorporate chapter markers in burning on a one-step basis.
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At a minimum, the instructions for how to properly effect a return to menu should really be made clearer somewhere in the production screens proper. Was very confused and had to frustratingly struggle/repeatedly search before findingound this information. My older software could effect this in one step, so I assumed that was the case here. You have an EXCELLENT chapter marking system, and the workaround is there, but I see this as a significant flaw that adds time, work and complexity to the production pipeline.
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So if I understand this correctly, EACH segment in a project must be rendered to a separate movie file, and then a SECOND project must be created with each movie configured as a segment in order for this to work correctly. Is that correct? In short, it's a multi-project effort to make this feature work? I have older software that did this in one step.
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I'm working through your new software and am quite impressed thus far. There's one thing I'd really like to change, however. The default hover/selection color for the standard DVD navigation icons is just about THE MOST AWFUL shade of green I have ever seen and complements almost no other color in the spectrum nicely. Is there a way for users to alter that color? Barring that, is there a way to simply turn it off so I don't have to see it?
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